This is Archemetry

Scientifically? Probably not. But we accept spooky events as a paradox. We can’t explain them yet, but we observe them. One could be entanglement, when 2 particles at different locations seem to communicate with each other on an instant moment. That’s information travelling rather faster than light. And as the speed of light is still considered to be the max speed limit, such ‘’telepathetic’’ properties that these particles posses cannot be explained when using our current theories.
The million possibilities arise down to the subatomic level, and thus a dozen of parallel realities come into play, refer to M-theory/Multiverses. Could we summon magic by picking a different reality or accessing a parallel world? It sounds like science fiction indeed. Could we entangle our minds into the world?

Is true, that out of our every single moment and action, various possibilities arise, I can lift a glass of water and I can instantly have a few options: to move it further, to just hold it, to drink water, to smash it, to do anything I want with it, and so I consciously decide which reality to pick, yet all the possible realities may do still co exist with mine. This way science itself promotes scepticism and enhances the complexity of the real world, by using some crazy amount of maths and spicy reasoning.

But magic is a bit more than this, is energy, is alchemy, and it is power.
We see magic as an inner potential and this is where science cannot help us much, this is where the limitations appear in the subject and it moves into a paranormal research rather than a factual study. Neurology could just about improve our knowledge when it comes down to brain functions, by explaining our wiring, activation of certain neuron areas and even chemical production based on our moods and thoughts.

We’ve all heard of magic potions, magic rituals and all kinds of paganistic practises. Yet the reality behind them is distorted. While lots of it is based into ancient practises, which they may feature some mystical knowledge of the Old, many of the rituals and ingredients have been altered due to neo paganism or new age spiritualism. Lots of information has been lost or burned, especially during the dark ages and so on, while other go back way in time into the ancient world, where again we have acquired some information thru excavations, but much of it cannot be deciphered.

So how can we say that the validity of the rituals holds any true power?

Spoken words during a ritual, inspire focus and resemble to that of a prayer. Prayer is a form of meditation. So it can relax the mind, and thus the body. An excess meditation can probably even affect parts of the brain. A ritual that involves prayer and repeatable actions might be a form of paganistic meditation.

Lets see what science has to say about this: Neuroscience will support the belief of re wiring our brain thru meditation. While science, will discuss the possible results in the activity on the brain, as brain scans have indicated this activity.

The idea is that thru meditation we come to believe that we can control and balance our emotions versus our ability to be rational and put thought into various matters, before acting on them. Thus lesser the unnecessary emotions, and replace them with more positive and creative thinking. That’s because meditation seems to affect the left prefrontal lobes, and thus strengthen it, nourishing it, unlike the amygdale that is responsible of our primal emotional irrational reactions, and lots of activity on amygdale can be very much a cause of stress.

So that is one proof of meditation been benefiting, thus paganistic practises, religious prayers and all sorts of focused meditation and rituals, can be benefiting towards the brain and our well being.

But how could this be magic?

Well neuroscience experiments have shown how our thoughts can actually affect our brain wiring, production of chemicals and thus our physical body. Then positive thinking methods seem to influence our daily life. In a few words our thoughts have power over us, our lives and our world. Still this information is not enough to show any form of magic thru rituals or meditation. So to be factual, science would disregard any potential paranormal effect that rituals could may have.